Jurupa's Winery! An historic winery in the North Western corner of Jurupa Valley.

Jurupa Valley Rotary Spring Fling 2009

Riverside County Fire 18- Glen Avon 2009 Pancake Breakfast

Why Incorporation?

This is one of our first goals to answer for you. We can research what and
how. We can research why others have gone through the incorporation process, but
we cannot answer if we should… will it meet your needs?

Incorporation gives you local control over services and standards in your
community. Today your traffic control is supplied by the State of California in
the form of the Highway Patrol. Crime and non traffic patrol services are
provided by your County Sheriff department. Yes we do have a sub-station within
our area, but this station supports all of the north west corner of Riverside
not just our area. Other services such as your trash service
is a county contract. If we become a city some or all of these services can be
decided and provided by the city.

Today eminent domain is a process the County has used to obtain
property based on the County's "need" for the property. Incorporation leads to
far more control of how this power is utilized to force the sale of property. If
you look down Mission Blvd. you can see location after location where this has
been exercised by the county in our area. Mission Blvd. is a Hwy 60 business
route alternative. However instead of building up our retail on the road to
bring customers and sales tax revenue into our area to support our community the
county has built instead County Service Offices doing nothing to grow our
area. Additionally, eminent domain has been exercised to force the sale of
non-commercial property (horse-farms, etc.) to supply land developers for the
building of tract housing. In years past our government would only use this
power to build and/or improve roads and highways or other infrastructure needed
as the population growth demanded it.

At one of the Jurupa Valley Town Hall meetings at Patriot High School one concern brought up
by several people is our county's lack of planning. The
intersection of Limonite Ave. with the I-15 was one area of concern by
many attending the meeting.
The businesses were built, and the accompanying traffic is there. The county
has attempted meager fixes to make a dent in the grid-lock after the fact, but
they have admitted that it will be years before they can fund a true fix. We
need more control to ensure the infrastructure is there to support the current
and future before we approve growth.

Currently the California Highway Patrol is responsible for patrolling our
communities streets and enforce the traffic laws. Under state law this service
can not be provided by our county Sheriffs. The staff level of the Highway
Patrol has not been increased in around 20+ years. This is a real sore
spot for our community as we only have a couple of officers dedicated to our
area and they spend much of their time (as stated at the town hall meeting) at
the intersection of the 15 and 60 freeways as this is a problem area for them.
Many people brought up issues at the last meeting related to street racing,
(including a speeding school bus), accidents, and complaints of a lack of
general law enforcement. We need a City so we can either contract with the
county to do both traffic and law enforcement in our area or establish our own
Police Department.

Here are some links to other cities in California who have recently
incorporated or are in the process of incorporation. Please read through their
sites, and be informed about incorporation.

Do you want to have a local Police Department responsible for your safety and
security?

Do you like 1/2 acre properties and green belts or do you like houses packed
in so closely that you can shake hands with your neighbor while both of you are
sitting in your respective living rooms? Or do you care one way or the other…
We would love your thoughts

Incorporation does not solve everything.

Incorporation does not mean new or more taxes. To the contrary, the entire
incorporation process is designed to determine if the new city is self
supporting by the transfer of current taxes and responsibilities from the County
to the newly-formed City. Additionally, there are some additional tax dollars
that are available to a City (already collected at the state level) that are not
available to the county that helps make all of this possible. It could even be
possible to have more funds available to provide services at the
city level, without one more penny out of your pocket. These tax dollars
today are being given to other cities. Incorporate and bring your taxes back to
your community. If you need more info on this send us a note and we can explain
more.

We are committed to researching the pros and cons of incorporation and
evaluating the wants and needs of our citizens. We'd like
to hear from you. If you have questions, send them to us. If you have
concerns, tell us what they are. If you know something we should know, tell
us. Your emails will be researched and responded to and we will also post
frequently asked submissions - pro or con, on this site along with any
research we do on those issues.